Weather Records on 22 February 1981

1,435 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 1981. Highest significance: Appleton, US.

Key Facts for 22 February 1981

On 22 February 1981, 1,435 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
965 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 141 monthly and 1,294 daily.
Appleton set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 22 February 1981.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

1,435 stations

1,435 station records on 22 February 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Olonesty	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Purepero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rosholt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thunder Bay A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	146.0 cm (57.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Callaghan Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dorchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moline Quad City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.2 cm (9.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,435 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 367, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 598, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 425, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 22 February 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	367
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	598
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	425
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 22 February 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 141, daily 1,294.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,190 broken records

Margins by which the 1,190 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 1981

Top 20 records on 22 February 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 1981	Appleton, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1981	Euroa, AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1981	Two Harbors, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	78 years	65 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1981	Belle Plaine, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1981	Olonesty, MD	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Independence #1, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Purepero, MX	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Janesville, US	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Rosholt, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Rennie (Pine View), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Independence, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Iowa City, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Port Wing, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	San Diego Curupatzeo, MX	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Teziutlan, MX	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Vinton, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1981	Wisconsin Rapids, US	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1981. 1981 had 1,435 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-22 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	3
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	9
1902	3
1903	10
1904	21
1905	9
1906	20
1907	39
1908	11
1909	23
1910	25
1911	21
1912	35
1913	29
1914	34
1915	53
1916	47
1917	292
1918	76
1919	53
1920	27
1921	148
1922	256
1923	36
1924	65
1925	275
1926	93
1927	236
1928	98
1929	435
1930	803
1931	174
1932	201
1933	150
1934	661
1935	235
1936	551
1937	583
1938	274
1939	706
1940	199
1941	260
1942	381
1943	536
1944	582
1945	560
1946	220
1947	515
1948	698
1949	509
1950	463
1951	655
1952	531
1953	651
1954	798
1955	782
1956	513
1957	859
1958	962
1959	251
1960	583
1961	590
1962	597
1963	1,764
1964	375
1965	551
1966	663
1967	295
1968	1,083
1969	1,132
1970	521
1971	1,391
1972	615
1973	754
1974	1,042
1975	1,032
1976	550
1977	1,343
1978	1,543
1979	994
1980	755
1981	1,435
1982	1,191
1983	629
1984	752
1985	1,204
1986	1,187
1987	425
1988	646
1989	698
1990	1,835
1991	736
1992	734
1993	1,686
1994	1,148
1995	1,064
1996	1,740
1997	1,208
1998	1,284
1999	593
2000	1,245
2001	705
2002	1,455
2003	1,315
2004	671
2005	610
2006	568
2007	802
2008	1,414
2009	624
2010	1,468
2011	1,026
2012	754
2013	1,045
2014	363
2015	1,348
2016	573
2017	2,227
2018	2,147
2019	1,259
2020	835
2021	887
2022	1,891
2023	1,639
2024	714
2025	882
2026	603

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,179
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1